lunes, junio 04, 2012

OCA labeling news

OCA and the California Ballot Initiative Featured in Front Page New York Times Article

In
a remarkably balanced news article on the growing movement to label
genetically engineered foods, the OCA and our allies in the California
Ballot Initiative were highlighted in a New York Times front page
article on May 24. Among the more interesting revelations in the article
was the statement that leading food companies plan to remove all GMO
ingredients from their products (rather than label them with the skull
and crossbones of “produced with GMOs”) if the California Ballot
Initiative passes on November 6. Polls show that, despite fierce
resistance from Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, 90%
of American consumers support mandatory labeling of GMOs.

You Did It! Money Bomb Campaign Raises First $2 Million for the California Right to Know GMO Labeling Campaign!

They
said we couldn’t do it. But thanks to you, we did! Our ‘Drop the Money
Bomb on Monsanto’ campaign proved the power of grassroots fundraising
and sent a strong message to Monsanto and the rest of the anti-labeling
brigade: Consumers have united with a broad coalition of food, farm,
health, public interest, leading organic food companies, and
environmental groups all over the country and we will do whatever it
takes to pass the California Right to Know GMO Labeling law.

After decades of demanding the right to know if our food
contains GMOs, we are closer than ever to passing a mandatory GMO
labeling law. Passing this law in California represents our best chance
ever to guarantee consumers’ right to know on a national scale.

It’s shameless. More than 40 countries require genetically
modified ingredients to be labeled. But thanks to the FDA and its cozy
relationship with Monsanto, we have been denied this right.

This $2 million is the first step in building an effective
campaign to pass this law. Big Biotech and Food Inc. will outspend us by
millions, but with public opinion, truth, and you on our side, we can
win.The Money Bomb campaign’s official deadline has come and gone. But
we will continue raising money for this fight.